bttf

coastal road along malibu

heading north

train line used in bttf III
me standing where the delorean was smashed

the street where the delorean flys down at end of bttf I
mcfly house

street corner from bttf II 2015 lyons estate
burger king where marty skate boards from

angels flight railway in la
at the top

walt disney concert hall
front of hall

shopping centre car park where the delorean first travels in time
me standing where the fire trails were

Tuesday 27th September 2011

Well today's post has a massive Back to the Future theme so if you like the movie you will love the photos, if not you wont find them interesting at all. I liked it so bad luck!!

We first headed north from Marina Del Rey and followed the coast road to Port Hueneme CA which took us through Malibu along the way. It was around 70km but the drive was very picturesque. We were heading to the site which is commonly referred to as the 'DeLorean death site.' This is where the DeLorean is smashed to pieces by a train in the final episode of bttf.

From there we headed to Arleta CA to Roslyndale Ave which is where Marty McFly lives and is where the DeLorean flys through the trees at the end of episode 1.

Also 3 streets away is the street corner used in episode 2 where the DeLorean is stolen by old Biff while Marty and the Doc try to get Jennifer from her house in 2015. (wow I sound like a nerd!!)

From there just a couple of miles down the road to Burger King Burbank where Marty goes to Doc Browns shed and plays his guitar and then takes off on his skate board hanging onto a ute as it leaves the drive thru at Burger King.

Now we headed back in the Downtown LA where we rode the shortest railway in the world called Angel Flight. It was originally further along the street and was pulled down and moved to its current location. The ride costs 25c each way and was well worth it. Once at the top we took a short walk to the Walt Disney Concert Hall which is a very spectacular building made of polished stainless steel. Just prior to finding a car park in the city I did a u-turn to park and I was stopped by the police. He gave me a warning for doing a u-turn where you are not allowed. He looked at my licence and said 'I lock up people from Australia, New Zealanders are okay but the Australian aren't.' Lucky me as that could have been a nice ticket!!!

We now started to head out of the city towards Palm Springs which is east of LA. On the way we detoured to the shopping centre used in bttf I where the Doc first puts Einstein in the car and test the time travel for the first time. We parked our car just behind where the truck was parked in the movie and then I stood close to where the fire trails were as Marty was filming with his video camera.

We arrived at Palm Springs with a balmy temp of 34 degrees C. The motel was really nice and had a great pool and hot tub which we used after dinner. Tomorrow we head to Phoenix AZ as we make our way east.